Friday 16 June 2023

to Sandra Green re REWARDS for all

Dear Sandra - what do you think?  Would this work?

I do so want buses under public control.  Keep up the brilliant work you are doing, Sandra.  However, nothing will really change until this radical measure is tried over two years on Hagley Road:
  1. We have to get much stricter with car commuters and make it as antisocial to be one, as smoking in public.
  2. It is they who clog up our roads, accelerate climate horrors, take up car parking land needed for apartments for people to live in and, poison the air we breathe.
  3. Car commuters delay those who must use their vehicle for their business, even car commuters who are sharing. 
  4. Car commuting is inefficient and wasteful and worsen all our problems.  THEREFORE, BRING BACK THE WORK BUS!
  5. Reward those who are wedded and welded to their cars with Fare Free Public Transport that I've had for 15 years.
  6. Rewards for car commuters who leave their cars at home to free up road space for buses, work buses and essential business users.
The reward is Fare-Free Public Transport for all ages and not just my age group.
The reward is a quicker journey into work for everyone.
The reward is the right to use both lanes along Hagley Road.
The reward is traffic light priority for registered car users who must have a vehicle for their work, along with the bus users.
The reward is cleaner air and, thus lower health bills for the NHS.

Those who don't register can only use the outside lane and are held up at traffic lights as priority is given to buses and the registered, essential vehicle users.  And the unregistered pay a charge for the privilege of driving into work instead of using FREE public transport.
Restrict car parking in Brum city centre to free up land for residential apartments.
Car commuters have to be saved from their fatal addiction and get use to saving their cars for more essential use.

I gave up my essential car user status to take to the food fueled bike for all social work visits in the mid 90s!
My reward was 15p/mile on official council business.  It went up to 20p/ml before I retired as a working cyclist and commuter at 65.5 years.

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